Quote by Jane Austen

“...resentment, the emotion that, Jane Amery would write, 'nails every one of us onto the cross of his ruined past.' ”

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Janeway had thought her heart full, but now it overflowed. For the rest of her life, she knew, she would remember this: walking down…

— Christie Golden

“She wanted to lose herself in the words, in other times and places”

— George R.R. Martin

“Writing this, he had reached the pit of despair and he thought that reading it, she would at least begin to sense his tragedy…

— Flannery O'Connor

“The reason why Jane’s spirit was not broken was that she had a secret. It was her own special secret and she had told…

— Jennifer Worth

“He was not prepared to deal with my mistake, thought Jane, and he did not understand the suffering his response would cause me. He…

— Orson Scott Card

Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes…

— Phyllis Bottome

“Finally, Jane found disappointment. It was there, deep and abiding, squeezing her heart more than just a little. Discovery, she knew, was better when…

— Jo Goodman

“Writing kept her sane. Kept her form spinning out of control. Kept her tongue still whenever some white person spoke down to her. She…

— Bernice L. McFadden

“She read his letter again & again 'til she found herself afloat among the stars.”

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

“She was home, among the mayor's books of every color and description, with their silver and gold lettering. She could smell the pages. She…

— Markus Zusak

“Her letter bled from word to word, in three sour sentences.”

— Abby Slovin